head to head

Forsaken World cover artvsThe Lord of the Rings Online cover art

Forsaken WorldvsThe Lord of the Rings Online

Forsaken World leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Lord of the Rings Online leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION3 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Forsaken WorldThe Lord of the Rings Online

Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 4

The Lord of the Rings Online leans harder on execution: Raid content has limited twitch demand versus action MMOs

Reads2 vs 2

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

The Lord of the Rings Online leans harder on variance: Loot RNG and deed completion add minor hidden layers

Optimization7 vs 7

Even - both lean on optimization about the same.

Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

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